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Newspaper
New Oxford Item
Location
New Oxford, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1906
Page
9
The London World argues the chaperon issue reflects middle class concerns. Father Vaughan notes need for vigilance and supervision of girls in country houses and towns, lamenting mothers and hostesses who resist mothering.
A survey of curious baggage marks used by travelers, from brindle dog heads to skulls and crosses, and the rise of the olive oil cure as a fashionable health fad. The piece notes social signals in packing and the belief in olive oil’s internal and external benefits for youth, skin, and nerve comfort.
New York fashion notes describe a hip length double breasted coat with a yoke and extensive tucking. Worn with natural tone gloves, the garment suits light weight fabrics and allows multiple embroidery and trimming variations. The waist features a fitted lining, front and back panels, and invisible back closure with full tucked sleeves.
A Mother's Magazine passage argues the ideal home thrives on sympathy, intelligent understanding, and repose. It stresses that perfection comes from cooperative effort among all family members, not woman alone, likening the home to a mosaic and warning against discord and resistance to cooperation.
The article compares budget and wealthy French women in clothing aiming to please men and secure marriage. It argues dress reflects self-knowledge and social expectations, noting both classes share the same goal though budgets differ.
A measured essay on the mood swings affecting women, noting how depression can strike without poverty and offering remedies such as rest, diet, music, and prayer. It then shifts to period dress guidance describing coats, fabrics, tailoring details, and the shift toward taffeta waists and white guimpes as practical fashion notes.
The United Kingdom covers 121,089 square miles, while the British empire spans 11,908,378 square miles. These figures show the present nation area and the vast expanse of the former empire.
A tea gown in pale pink crepe de chine features oversized sleeves with two wide puff sections over mousseline de soie and thick Venetian lace oversleeves. The lace hangs from the shoulders to the ground and is edged with a fringe of gold beads predicting sleeves will enlarge as the season advances.
In the swellest shoe stores there are boots with smoked pearl buttons and evening slippers of gilded leather. Heels on fancy slippers feature colored stones or brilliants, highlighting fashionable footwear details.
The article highlights Persian lamb mutria mink sable and caracal as top picks for fur. Fox remains a favored option for useful stores and muffs, signaling strong demand in the market.
Tiny dark brown velvet buttons nestle among cream lace on a chestnut brown chiffon voile gown. Velvet in the same shade graces the skirt folds.
A novelty stockinet corset now extends into tights, creating a full one piece underwear suit.
Brown negotiates with Indians and Princeton for next year games. Lynch attends Harvard Law School. Dillon praises Kersberg as best faced. No race for Americas Cup in 1907. Dashiell resigns from football rules committee. Buck Ewing’s estate valued at 20000. Old Eli’s sons win football title 6 to 0 over Harvard. Judge Moore wins Waldorf Astoria Cup third time at Horse Show. UP athletic committee suspends relations with Harvard. Joss Rhoades Hess each earn 400 bonus for 20+ wins. Lefty Davis to join Cincinnati next season. 19 drafted from Columbus club. Wright Grant declared bona fide amateurs by tennis body. Yost to retire from coaching. keeps coal interests.
A compiled set of short notes including William Rockefeller paying 16000 duty on portraits, Arkansas Lodge deciding not to sell Little Rock temple, four St Pauls College students drowning near Montreal, Judge Church fined for sidewalk bicycle riding, Erie engineers and railroad workers reaching agreement, Gompers re elected president in Minneapolis, Francis Joseph addressing Austro Hungarian delegations in Budapest, Oelrichs settlement in San Francisco, and distributed wealth per Census. plus tributes to W W Blackmar in Boston, troop movements in Oklahoma, mixed literary quips on Johnson and Irving, and Boswell’s remark on actors and dogs.
Yuan Shi Kai, viceroy of Tientsin, dominates China as a de facto dictator with Empress Dowager support. He issues decrees from Peking, is linked to the anti opium move, and pursues modernization amid repeated assassination attempts.
William McSherry Jr of Gettysburg Adams County Pennsylvania announces prompt attention to all legal matters entrusted to him and maintains office opposite the courthouse to serve clients.
A roundup of high society and cultural passages includes Mrs. Frank R. Stockton’s widowhood in Washington, Adele Dillon’s Milan soprano debut, a possible American women golf visit to Newcastle, Mrs. Oscar Iasigi’s tax transfer over her dog, Ballington Booth’s Rockland County home for ex convict housing, Mme Patti's farewell London concert, distress of Russian girls in French universities, Laura Pederson’s Danish honors, and the arrest of Peter Struve’s wife in St Petersburg.
The plotter warns that a divorcee seeking remarriage to a wealthier partner will face tougher challenges as petitions undergo closer examination, according to the party leader.
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